To flatbusher: What an odd comment. For people who have been maimed or killed, the crime rate is too high. For the rest of us (of which I am one, B”H), crime rates are a rough tool for assessing the risk of being a victim of a crime. Many violent crimes are family affairs, and Jewish victims of those crimes in the US are, I believe, extremely low. Other crimes, like on-the-street assaults and robberies, in the US, affect a broader range of victims and may include – I don’t really know – more Jews than intra-family crimes. (Some gentiles think Chareidi Jews keep lots of money in their black hats, which might invite more crime against them. I am surprised that gentiles don’t know that most Chareidim don’t have much money, especially after they pay the yeshiva tuition, buy the fund-raising-dinner tickets and give tzedukkah.)
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